Hero and Leander and Other Poems by Christopher Marlowe and George Chapman
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"Hero and Leander and Other Poems" by Christopher Marlowe and George Chapman is a poem first published in 1598. It retells the Greek myth of two young lovers separated by the Hellespont, a narrow sea strait. Hero, a priestess devoted to Venus, meets Leander at a festival. He falls desperately in love and promises to swim across the treacherous waters each night to reach her tower. Their passionate encounters unfold with extravagant
emotion and violent intensity, but Marlowe's untimely death left the poem unfinished—later completed by Chapman. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 |
|---|---|
| Author | Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 |
| Editor | Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 |
| Title | Hero and Leander and Other Poems |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_and_Leander_(poem) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 56.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Leander (Greek mythology) -- Poetry |
| Subject | Hero (Greek mythology) -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20356 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-20356-0 |
| Release Date | Jan 14, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 752 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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